Thomas Freitag

Thomas Freitag is putting an end to his new program. Because the post-war child Thomas's former dreams of the future have now turned into nightmares — and the anger about them doesn't leave him cold. With his enormous acting talent, experience and age, he takes the audience by the hand and leads them on his “retreat across the mines of the plain.” If he gives Kafkaesque the monkey, it is only because he wants to face the seriousness of life with the exhilaration of art. It reveals the human hubris of fundamentally feeling superior to animals. People are not poor people simply because they cannot cope with digital achievements, AI, addictive substances, wealth and honor. But it is he who immediately follows up every positive achievement with abuse — no sow would do such a thing. This is how many people get their heads washed again. But not the brain, because it seems that others have already done a great job there. And since Thomas Freitag's parodies are legendary, the grandees from heaven are of course also speaking out — because they suffer the most from the current ground staff.

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